I am the author of Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult and Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood the forthcoming When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers’ History of World War II. I am also the writer-researcher of the Filmgoers Guides: Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Westerns, Crime Wave: The Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Crime Movies and Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers’ Guide to Spaghetti Westerns, all from I.B.Tauris.
My other books include the Kamera Books Guide to Spaghetti Westerns and the Pocket Essential History Guide The American Indian Wars. I have also contributed articles to DVD and Blu-ray Review, The Good Book Guide and Gallery and am a regular contributor to Cinema Retro.
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“MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND MUSHROOM MEN — THE FANTASTIC CINEMA OF ISHIRO HONDA” by Peter H. Brothers.
For the first time outside Japan a book has been published on Japan’s foremost director of Fantasy Films: “MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND MUSHROOM MEN – The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda” (AuthorHouse, ISBN: 978-1-4490-2771-1).
Known primarily for directing such classic Japanese monster movies as Rodan, Mothra, Attack of the Mushroom People and the original Godzilla, Ishiro Honda (1911 – 2011) has been an undeservedly overlooked figure in mainstream international cinema.
MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND MUSHROOM MEN is the first book to cover in English print Honda’s life as well comprehensively evaluates all 25 of his fantasy films. It is also gives objective and critical analysis of Honda’s filmmaking methods, themes and relationships with actors and technicians.
Making use of extensive interviews from Honda’s colleagues as well as a wealth of original source material never before gathered into one volume (including previously-unpublished essays) and nominated in 2009 for a “Rondo Award,” MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND MUSHROOM MEN is an affectionate tribute to the most-prolific and influential director in the history of fantasy films.
(Three-time “Rondo” Award Nominee Peter H. Brothers is also the author of Devil Bat Diary).